And now I have only one favour more to ask (else injustice to me may perhaps imperil the business itself)--that men will consider well how far, upon that which I must needs assert (if I am to be consistent with myself), they are entitled to judge and decide upon these doctrines of mine, inasmuch as all that premature human reasoning which anticipates inquiry, and is abstracted from the facts rashly and sooner than is fit, is by me rejected (so far as the inquisition of nature is concerned), as a thing uncertain, confused, and ill built up, and I cannot be fairly asked to abide by the decision of a tribunal which is itself on its trial.
THE PLAN OF THE INSTAURATIO MAGNA The work is in six Parts:-- 1.

_The Divisions of the Sciences_.
2.

_The New Organon; or Directions concerning the Interpretation of Nature_.
3.

_The Phenomena of the Universe; or a Natural and Experimental History for the foundation of Philosophy_.
4.

_The Ladder of the Intellect_.
5.